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56 Group Wales Papers Ffeil / File English
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File of Eric Malthouse

File of Group 56 executive committee member Eric Malthouse, comprising largely correspondence, 1956-1957, 1961 and undated, regarding 56 Group membership (including letters of membership acceptance addressed to Eric Malthouse from Robert (Bob) Hunter, Ernest Zobole, Arthur Giardelli and John Wright and a letter rejecting membership from artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain); together with Group manifesto of August 1956 and material relating to 56 Group exhibitions held in 1957 at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and Tenby Civic Centre. An undated letter to Group chairman Eric [Malthouse] from Bob [Robert Hunter] includes a humorous interpretation of the latter's relinquishing of his secretarial role in 1961.

Miscellaneous financial records

Notebook (most folios blank) containing extracts from the 56 Group's 'Manifesto' of August 1956, a record of exhibition sales, accounts and expenses, etc, 1957-1960; loose accounts and notes, [1956]-1958; cheque book stubs, 1991, 1993; receipt book, 1991-1993, 1995; letter, 1989, from Bim Giardelli, wife of Group chairman Arthur Giardelli, enclosing financial contribution; ledger book (many folios blank at end) containing accounts, 1993-1997. Name and address (on Bardsey Island) of artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain noted on inside front cover of 1957-1960 notebook.

File of Malcolm Ford as secretary

Correspondence and other material, 1956-1957, largely relating to 56 Group exhibitions which took place in 1957 at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and Tenby Civic Centre.

Publicity posters

Publicity posters for 56 Group/56 Group Wales exhibitions.

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Exhibition: Worcester and Cardiff

Material relating to the 56 Group's first exhibition, held at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, June 1957, and the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, July-August 1957, comprising draft and printed invitations to private viewings, visitors' book, price lists for exhibited works, quotations and invoices, and correspondence.

Scrapbook of press cuttings, etc

Scrapbook containing mainly press cuttings, printed invitations, etc relating to 56 Group/56 Group Wales exhibitions, 1957-1964. Some items loose. Some folios blank.

56 Group exhibition catalogues

56 Group exhibition catalogues, 1957-1958, 1962-1966 and undated, with related material. The 1963 catalogue unfolds as an exhibition poster. Attached notes in the hand of Group secretary Mary Griffiths.

Exhibition: Tenby Civic Centre

Material relating to the 56 Group exhibition held at Tenby Civic Centre, August 1957, as part of their first exhibition tour, comprising a list of exhibiting artists and their works and miscellaneous memoranda.

Exhibition: Turner House, Penarth

Material relating to the 56 Group exhibition held at Turner House, Penarth, April-June 1958, including exhibition catalogue (which folds out as poster), list of exhibitors and works, list of invitees to private viewing, list of works sold, printed copy of Arts News and Review, correspondence and other related material.

Arts Council of Great Britain exhibition tour

Material relating to the 56 Group's Welsh Committee of the Arts Council of Great Britain tour exhibitions which took place at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1960, comprising correspondence, including circular letters, between Group representatives and other members and the Arts Council of Great Britain, exhibition venues and Lady Megan Lloyd George; and related material, including lists of exhibiting artists and their works.

Correspondence with Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Correspondence, 1960-1967, 1969, 1972-1974, 1978, between Group secretaries Pat Cross, Elisabeth Elias and Mary Griffiths, Group chairman Arthur Giardelli and Group treasurer David Tinker and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths, one annotated by Arthur Giardelli.

File of Pat Cross as secretary

File of 56 Group secretary Pat Cross, comprising correspondence, 1962-1963, between Pat Cross and Group executive committee members Eric Malthouse, Arthur Giardelli and David Tinker (subject-matter including Pat Cross's resignation as Group secretary in 1963), between Pat Cross and her husband, Tom, and between Pat Cross and incoming Group secretary Mary Griffiths; secretarial notes, [1963], presumably made by Pat Cross; and a report of an informal Group meeting held 10 May 1962. Two of the letters are annotated by Pat Cross and three letters bear what appear to be a child's scribbles.

Paintings & Sculpture exhibition tour

Material relating to the 56 Group's Paintings & Sculpture exhibition tour of 1962, including correspondence, 1961-1963, largely between Group secretary Pat Cross, Group chairman Eric Malthouse and exhibition venues; press release; invoices, statements and receipts; and draft text for exhibition catalogue.

Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting minutes

Chairman's agendas and minutes of 56 Group/56 Group Wales Annual General Meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings, 1961-1975, with related correspondence, together with the Publicity Officer's Report for 1964/5 and a Group Constitution of 1961. Some folios annotated by Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and others. One folio contains a doodle incorporating the name 'Mary Griffiths' by Group member Mervyn Baldwin.

Annual reports and chairs' reports

56 Group/56 Group Wales annual reports, 1961-1998, and Group chairs' reports, 2010-2011, together with related correspondence, photocopies press reports/reviews, chairman's agendas, secretary's covering letters, and a discussion paper by Group chairman Arthur Giardelli. The Group annual reports for 1983-1984 and 1991-1992 are duplicated. Kept in a separate archival envelope but included in this folder are: Correspondence, 1992, 1994, 1998, relating to the receipt of Group annual reports by various Welsh bodies; a circular, 1987, to Group members from Group secretary Mary Griffiths; two postcards, 1997-1998, to Group secretary Bob Weir from art historian and author David Fraser Jenkins; and mailing lists for Group annual reports, 1987-1993, 1996/97. Some folios are annotated by Group secretary Mary Griffiths and others.

Constitutions

56 Group/56 Group Wales constitutions, including drafts, 1961-2006 (some undated), outlining the principal purpose and aim of the Group and setting down regulations relating to those aims; together with amendments to the constitutions and related correspondence. Some folios annotated.

Correspondence with members: Pat Cross as secretary

Correspondence, 1961-1963 and undated, between Group secretary Pat Cross and Group members, which include members' biographical notes and an invitation, 1961, to the opening of an exhibition by painter and sculptor Ron Carlson; and a letter, [1961], to Pat Cross's husband, Tom, from the Arts Council of Great Britain.

Foreign links: Brittany

Correspondence, 1962, 1976-1982, 1984, between Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and representatives in Brittany, including Claude Souviron, director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes; and memoranda by Mary Griffiths. Some folios annotated by Mary Griffiths.

Annual audited accounts

56 Group/56 Group Wales annual audited accounts, 1962-1997, treasurer's reports prepared for Group Annual General Meetings, and related correspondence.

Drawings & Gouaches exhibition tour

Material relating to the 56 Group's Drawings & Gouaches exhibition tour of 1963-1964 held at the Dillwyn Gallery in Swansea, the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth, Welshpool Art Room, the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, Hereford Art Gallery, the Arts Council Gallery in Cardiff, the Midlands Federation of Art Galleries (Lichfield Art Gallery, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, Newark Museum, Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, Mansfield Art Gallery and Rugby Exhibition Gallery), Hambledon Gallery in Blandford Forum, Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery and the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, including correspondence, 1964-1965, largely between Group secretaries Pat Cross and Mary Griffiths and exhibition venues, with other related correspondence; printed invitations to private viewings; press release; and exhibition itinerary.

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